Old English plate, ecclesiastical, decorative, and domestic : its makers and marks / by Wilfred Joseph Cripps.

  • Wilfred Joseph Cripps
Date:
1899
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Old English plate, ecclesiastical, decorative, and domestic : its makers and marks / by Wilfred Joseph Cripps. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    in a sovereif^n made of sucli an alloy, would be Avortli less than a single penny. 24 carats (or pure gold) , 23 car. gr. (old gold coin. Sec table, p. 8) 22 car. (present gold coin and tirst goldware standard) 20 car. (gold coin temp. Henry A^IIl. See table, p. 8). Also an Irish standard) 19-^ car. (touch of Paris. Sec table, p. 8) 18 car. (second goldware standard) 15 car. (third ditto) 12 car. (fourth ditto) ,9 car. (fifth ditto) a ft. d. 4 4 11J per oz, 4 4 0] „ 317 m „ 3 10 9i ,. 3 7 IH „ 3 3 8J „ 2 13 1 2 2 5| „ 1 11 lOi „